cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34247715

Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?

  • clifEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    I mostly use the discord browser application but I almost never stream or video chat - I switch to the native client the once or twice a year I need that. On my computer the browser app uses about 700MB of RAM (Firefox) and the native uses over 1GB. I’ve been on an optimization kick lately (VSCode->Theia->Helix) so I went looking and found Legcord which used around 500MB and then Discordo that used… 26MB?

    I kind of like Discordo (TUI) but it’s definitely not for everybody and you definitely don’t get video/audio chat.

    Anywho, just wanted to post about alternative clients since I’d recently researched them.

    • Flames5123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I am on discord at least 4 nights a week. I need my push to mute button, which can’t be mapped globally in the browser. I do video chat a lot and share my screen occasionally. Vencord is ok for streaming (crashes after 30-60 minutes every time), but it acts like the browser, so there’s no global shortcuts.

      I’ll test out the other clients and see how they work!